Delta Waterfowl Adds Hen Houses Through Wildlife Habitat Canada Grant

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -(Ammoland.com)- Even though the prairie pothole region — North America’s “duck factory” — is buried under a thick sheet of ice and snow, Delta Waterfowl technicians are working to produce more ducks for next year’s fall flight.

Installers have taken to the frozen potholes, drilling through ice and mud to erect 900 new Hen Houses, cozy nest structures that will welcome mallards back from the south when spring returns to the Canadian and U.S. prairies.

Delta Waterfowl Adds Hen Houses Through Wildlife Habitat Canada Grant:

The latest additions to Delta’s Hen House Program are funded in large part by an $80,000 grant from Wildlife Habitat Canada, the organization that invests in conservation programs through money collected from the sale of the Canadian Duck Stamp. The grant pays for construction and installation of 500 Hen Houses in Canada.

“Through this grant, Wildlife Habitat Canada is helping to expand Delta’s duck production programs, which benefits duck hunters across Canada and throughout North America,” said Matt Chouinard, senior waterfowl programs manager for Delta Waterfowl.

Hen Houses, which are used primarily by mallards, are wire nesting cylinders placed over …Read the Rest

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